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This is a list of the saints of Ireland, which attempts to give an overview of saints from Ireland or venerated in Ireland. The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent. For this reason, Ireland in a 19th-century adage is described as "the land of saints and scholars".

The introduction of Christianity into Ireland was during the end of the 4th century. Its exact introduction is obscure, though the strict ascetic nature of monasticism in Ireland derives from the Desert Fathers. Although there were some Christians in Ireland before him, Patrick, a native of Roman Britain, played a significant role in its full Christianisation.

Some of the most well known saints are Saint Patrick, Colmcill, Brigid of Kildare and the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

After 1000, the prerogative of naming saints was granted exclusively to Rome, and the number of saints dropped. Saints canonized in the modern era include Oliver Plunkett (d. 1681, canonized 1975 by Pope Paul VI) and Charles of Mount Argus (d. 1893, canonized 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI).

Early saints

Modern saints

Modern saints include: Retrieved on 19 March 2021.
* Saint Charles of Mount Argus
* Saint Oliver Plunkett

Beatified people

Blessed

* Blessed John, or Terrence, Carey
* Blessed Ralph Corby (Corbington) (1598-1644), professed priest, Jesuits, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales
* Blessed John Grove (d. 1679), layman, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales
* Blessed Columba Marmion, Benedictine priest
* Blessed Charles Meehan (Mahoney) (1640-1679), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects), born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales
* Blessed Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel, and 16 Companions, martyrs
** Patrick O'Hely professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants); bishop of Mayo
** Conn O'Rourke, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants)
** Matthew Lambert, layman
** Robert Meyler, layman
** Edward Cheevers, layman
** Patrick Cavanagh, layman
** Margaret Ball, laywoman
** Maurice MacKenragaghty, priest
** Dominic Collins, professed religious, Jesuits
** Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants); bishop of Down and Connor
** Patrick O'Loughran, priest of the archdiocese of Armagh
** Francis Taylor, layman
** Peter Higgins, professed priest, Dominicans
** Terence O'Brien, professed priest, Dominicans; bishop of Emly
** John Kearney, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants)
** William Tirry, professed priest, Augustinians
* Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers
* Blessed John Roche (d. 1588), layman, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales
* Blessed Patrick Salmon, companion-martyr of John Cornelius
* Blessed John Sullivan, professed priest, Jesuits

Venerable

* Venerable Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity
* Venerable Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy
* Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, founder, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm; born in Ireland
* Venerable Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters
* Venerable Patrick Peyton, professed priest, Congregation of Holy Cross; born in Ireland
* Venerable Edel Quinn, member, Legion of Mary, born in Ireland
* Venerable Matt Talbot, lay ascetic

See also

* Irish Catholic Martyrs
* List of Anglo-Saxon saints
* List of Cornish saints
* List of Welsh saints
* List of saints of Northumbria
* List of Breton saints
* List of saints of the Canary Islands

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External links

Ancient Order of Hibernians
— complete list of Ireland's saints
Catholic Online
— Irish saints

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